پوتھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /poː.t̪ʰiː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پو‧تھی

Noun

پوتھی • (pothī) f (masculine پوتھا, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥੀ)

1. small book (as opposed to a large book; tome)
2. (by extension) a sacred book
3. booklet
4. a tobacco pouch
5. clove (of a garlic)

   Synonym: تُری (turī)

6. the wool of a sheep

Declension

Declension of پوتھی
dir. sg.	پوتھی (pothī)
dir. pl.	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	پوتھی (pothī)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
oblique	پوتھی (pothī)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
vocative	پوتھِیے (pothiye)	پوتھِیو (pothīv)
ablative	پوتھِیوں (pothīvṉ)	پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پوتھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੋਥੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478